Memorial to High
Council, 18 June 1840

A governing body of twelve high priests. The first high council was organized in Kirtland, Ohio, on 17 February 1834 “for the purpose of settling important difficulties which might arise in the church, which could not be settled by the church, or the bishop...

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

That after the
Church of Jesus Christ had been more inhumanly as well as
unconstitutionally expelled from their homes which they had secured
to themselves in the State of
Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Mormon missionaries...

Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...

altho very much scattered and at considerable distances from each
other.

That
after the escape of
your
Memorialist from his enemies, he, (under the direction of the
Authorities of the Church) took such Steps as has secured to the church
the present Locations viz the Town plat of
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...

Area originally part of Louisiana Purchase, 1803. First permanent white settlements established, ca. 1833. Organized as territory, 1838, containing all of present-day Iowa, much of present-day Minnesota, and parts of North and South Dakota. Population in ...

That in order
to secure said locations your Memorialist had to become responsible
for the payments of the same and had to use considerable exertion in
order to commence a settlement and a place of gathering for the
Saints, but knowing that from the genius of the constitution of the
church and for the well being of the saints that it was necessary so
that the Constituted Authorities of the Church might assemble together to
act as to legislate for the good of the whole society and that the
saints might enjoy those priviledges which they could not by being
scattered so wide apart, induced
your
Memorialist, to exert himself to the utmost, in order to bring about
an object so necessary and so desireable to the Saints at large

That under the
then existing circumstances
Your
Memorialist had necessarily to engage in the temporalities of the
Church
[p. [1]]

A governing body of twelve high priests. The first high council was organized in Kirtland, Ohio, on 17 February 1834 “for the purpose of settling important difficulties which might arise in the church, which could not be settled by the church, or the bishop...

The Book of Mormon related that when Christ set up his church in the Americas, “they which were baptized in the name of Jesus, were called the church of Christ.” The first name used to denote the church JS organized on 6 April 1830 was “the Church of Christ...

That after the
Church of Jesus Christ had been more inhumanly as well as
unconstitutionally expelled from their homes which they had secured
to themselves in the State of
Missouri

Area acquired by U.S. in Louisiana Purchase, 1803, and established as territory, 1812. Missouri Compromise, 1820, admitted Missouri as slave state, 1821. Population in 1830 about 140,000; in 1836 about 240,000; and in 1840 about 380,000. Mormon missionaries...

Became part of Northwest Territory of U.S., 1787. Admitted as state, 1818. Population in 1840 about 480,000. Population in 1845 about 660,000. Plentiful, inexpensive land attracted settlers from northern and southern states. Following expulsion from Missouri...

altho very much scattered and at considerable distances from each
other.

That
after the escape of
your
Memorialist from his enemies, he, (under the direction of the
Authorities of the Church) took such Steps as has secured to the church
the present Locations viz the Town plat of
Nauvoo

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...

Area originally part of Louisiana Purchase, 1803. First permanent white settlements established, ca. 1833. Organized as territory, 1838, containing all of present-day Iowa, much of present-day Minnesota, and parts of North and South Dakota. Population in ...

That in order
to secure said locations your Memorialist had to become responsible
for the payments of the same and had to use considerable exertion in
order to commence a settlement and a place of gathering for the
Saints, but knowing that from the genius of the constitution of the
church and for the well being of the saints that it was necessary so
that the Constituted Authorities of the Church might assemble together to
act as to legislate for the good of the whole society and that the
saints might enjoy those priviledges which they could not by being
scattered so wide apart, induced
your
Memorialist, to exert himself to the utmost, in order to bring about
an object so necessary and so desireable to the Saints at large

That under the
then existing circumstances
Your
Memorialist had necessarily to engage in the temporalities of the
Church
[p. [1]]

Principal gathering place for Saints following expulsion from Missouri. Beginning in 1839, LDS church purchased lands in earlier settlement of Commerce and planned settlement of Commerce City, as well as surrounding areas. Served as church headquarters, 1839...

1 Oct. 1811–27 Aug. 1841. Clerk, editor. Born in Great Driffield, Yorkshire, England. Member of Methodist church. Immigrated to Upper Canada, 1834. Baptized into LDS church by Parley P. Pratt, May 1836, in Upper Canada. Ordained an elder by John Taylor, 22...